Njimi was the capital of the Kanuri state of Kanem (later Kanem-Bornu), north of

Lake Chad Lake Chad (french: Lac Tchad) is a historically large, shallow, endorheic lake in Central Africa, which has varied in size over the centuries. According to the ''Global Resource Information Database'' of the United Nations Environment Programme, ...

, from the 11th through the 14th centuries. Founded by the

Sefawa dynasty Sayfawa dynasty, Sefouwa, Sefawa, or Sefuwa dynasty is the name of the Muslim kings (or ''mai'', as they called themselves) of the Kanem–Bornu Empire, centered first in Kanem in western Chad, and then, after 1380, in Borno (today north-eas ...

in the 11th century, the town dominated trans-Saharan trade in ivory and

slaves Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perf ...

between the central

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and Libya. The precise location of Njimi has yet to be determined.

References

Destroyed cities Kanem Empire Former populated places in Chad {{Chad-stub